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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 09:43 PM
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You should be able to fit up to a 225 in front and 245 in the rear with those offsets/widths. The sizes you list are much shorter than the stock tires, which will throw the speedo off and hurt milage on a street car, but it does give a gearing advantage and a lower center of gravity which is good if it's for autocross or track use. I think it'll also look a little funny on a street car to have tires that small in the wheel wells.

I'd reccomend a 225/50/16 and a 245/45/16 on those wheels.
coo! thanks, and lastly no fender need to be roll on those tires size? you know what I'm lowered with Tein S. tech, will I have issue on that. thanks guys and black91n/a

saving money for tires and I want to put falken azenis
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 10:55 PM
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Ah, in that case you'll probably need to get a thin spacer for the front (5-10mm) as those springs give even less room than stock or coilovers.

Those offsets are on the high end of what fits, so it'll be closer to the suspension than the fenders, so you shouldn't need to modify the fenders at all.
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Old Nov 21, 2007 | 01:17 AM
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^^ thanks got it
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Old Nov 22, 2007 | 02:36 PM
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Will these work on my fc?
Front 15X8 +15
Rear 15x8 +15
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Old Nov 22, 2007 | 05:11 PM
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^ might have to roll the front depending on tire size, but yes, they should fit nicely.
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Old Nov 26, 2007 | 02:20 PM
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what size offset would i need to get 18x8.5's to fit on my fc front and rear?
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Old Nov 26, 2007 | 02:29 PM
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8.5? +25 should do the trick in the front, +35 would work in the back.
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Old Nov 26, 2007 | 03:39 PM
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damn no +35 in front? i cant get the rims that i want with anything lower than a +35... will spacers work in the front? sorry i'm an offset/rim noob. lol
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Old Nov 26, 2007 | 03:54 PM
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10 mm spacers and longer studs.....

For reference, I'm using 8" in the front, with a +30 offset. Personally, if I had 4 identical rims and I was going to space two of them, I would space the other two as well.
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Old Nov 26, 2007 | 04:05 PM
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cool. where do you get longer studs from,and or spacers as well?
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Old Nov 26, 2007 | 04:13 PM
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online, lots of different vendors. I don't know any off the top of my head though.
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Old Nov 26, 2007 | 04:55 PM
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ARP studs for the late model Camaro/Corvette fit, get the longer ones for the front.
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Old Nov 26, 2007 | 06:31 PM
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so 10mm all the way around would be nice? do i need the longer studs all the way around? im guessing i do
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Old Nov 26, 2007 | 07:35 PM
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The shorter of the two lengths in the rear and the longer of the two in the front will give about 1" longer all around. The rears require that the hub be removed, which basically means replacing the bearing, but it's a good idea to do it anyway if it hasn't been done already.

You don't need specific metric spacers, universal ones fit fine, something between 1/4" and 7/16" should fit fine.

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

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Old Nov 26, 2007 | 08:22 PM
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damn another $100.00 lol
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Old Nov 26, 2007 | 11:05 PM
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You don't have to use spacers in the rear, so you could eliminate the studs and spacers back there if money's really that tight. Besides, the costs to get them in the back are a lot more than the front, either in terms of your time or paying for someone elses time, as there's pressing and bearing replacement involved. I was "lucky" and had the studs ready to go when my bearing died, so I had the shop replace them at the same time (the only time I've ever had a shop work on my car, it was winter and I don't have a press).
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 06:16 AM
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ok im getting new front fenders the 30mm wider ones, and was planning on rolling the rear, i have tien coilovers, now here is the question with this stuff will i be able to run 17x10 in front and rear, and also what offsets should i use and what tire sizes should i go with. and any help with making this work will be nice thanks alot guys!
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 09:04 AM
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http://www.fc3spro.com/TECH/MODS/RT/rims.htm
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 03:42 PM
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Front hub dust cover interfering with wheel center cap.

This is on 350z wheel. I ground out the nissan emlem and found a nice mazda decal to cover the now bare plastic center cap. So yeah, does anyone know of a smaller or rounder profile dust cap that will fit the front hubs.

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and incase anyone was wonder 350z wheels fit great.
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Old Nov 28, 2007 | 08:04 PM
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Damn, sorry if this has already been asked, but I really am not going to read through 107pages lol


18.8.5 +35 F
18.9.5 +35 R

Will they fit?
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Old Nov 28, 2007 | 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by slo
Front hub dust cover interfering with wheel center cap.

This is on 350z wheel. I ground out the nissan emlem and found a nice mazda decal to cover the now bare plastic center cap. So yeah, does anyone know of a smaller or rounder profile dust cap that will fit the front hubs.

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and incase anyone was wonder 350z wheels fit great.
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Damn, sorry if this has already been asked, but I really am not going to read through 107pages lol


18.8.5 +35 F
18.9.5 +35 R

Will they fit?
front - no, it'll hit the suspension, it might fit if you have coilovers
back - probably.
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Old Nov 28, 2007 | 09:37 PM
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What about spacers? Say, 10mm?
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Old Nov 28, 2007 | 09:49 PM
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I'd go 10 mm spacers all around.
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Old Nov 28, 2007 | 10:51 PM
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^You think so? See, I really don't know much about how anything is going to look on any car (as far as offsets are concerned). Obviously it seems as if lower offsets are better for fronts.
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Old Nov 28, 2007 | 11:17 PM
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are you willing to "modify the fender?, what suspension are you on?

how do you want the fitment?
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